Natale e Capodanno, mese per mese nel mondo
Mercatini, chiusure e le due settimane più care dell'anno.
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Quando è in corso
Natale e Capodanno in gennaio
- Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaSydney to Hobart finish · 26 dic – 3 genThe leaders reach Constitution Dock about two days out of Sydney and the rest trickle in for a week, into a waterfront food festival that runs through New Year.96
- Addis Abeba 🇪🇹 EtiopiaGenna, Ethiopian Christmas · 6–8 genChristmas falls on 7 January here, after a fast that ends with an all-night service.95
- Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaChristmas and New Year · 18 dic – 2 genThe year-end fortnight is a peak for Guatemalan and foreign visitors alike: hotels fill and raise rates, shuttles book up, and fireworks go off at midnight on 24 and 31 December.95
- Antigua Guatemala 🇬🇹 GuatemalaChristmas and New Year · 16 dic – 1 genPosadas move house to house from 16 December, and Christmas Eve ends in a wall of firecrackers at midnight rather than a quiet mass.94
- Valparaíso 🇨🇱 CileNew Year fireworks over the bay · 29 dic – 2 genThe display is fired from barges across the bay and the hills above the port are the grandstand, which is why every terrace with a view is sold months ahead and the roads out are shut afterwards.94
- Marsa Alam 🇪🇬 EgittoChristmas and New Year peak · 18 dic – 6 gen (di solito)European charter flights land through the holidays and the dive centres run at capacity.94
- Bahar Dar 🇪🇹 EtiopiaGenna · 6–8 genEthiopian Christmas on 7 January, kept with an overnight service and the first meat after the Advent fast.94
- Launceston 🇦🇺 AustraliaChristmas and Boxing Day · 24 dic – 1 genChristmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day are public holidays at the start of the long summer break: many shops, cafes and tours close on Christmas Day, Boxing Day sales fill the shopping centres, and much of the country is away on holiday until late January.93
- Querétaro 🇲🇽 MessicoThree Kings parade · 5–6 genOn the evening of 5 January the Three Kings ride through the historic centre with floats and bands, throwing sweets, and end at the Teatro de la República.93
- Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaFestive season on the coast · 15 dic – 10 gen (di solito)School and festive holidays send Namibian families from inland to the coast: from mid-December to early January accommodation fills early, rates rise and the beachfront and restaurants are at their busiest.93
- Ras Al Khayma 🇦🇪 Emirati Arabi UnitiNew Year's Eve fireworks · 28 dic – 2 genThe emirate spends the last night of the year setting records off Al Marjan Island, and the beachfront hotels sell the view months ahead.93
- Gondar 🇪🇹 EtiopiaGenna · 6–8 genEthiopian Christmas on 7 January, kept with an all-night service and the end of the Advent fast.93
- Calcutta 🇮🇳 IndiaPark Street at Christmas · 18 dic – 1 genPark Street is strung with lights and closed to cars on the big nights, and the crowd is the point rather than the shopping.92
- Udaipur 🇮🇳 IndiaChristmas to New Year rush · 22 dic – 2 gen (di solito)The week from Christmas to New Year is India's busiest holiday stretch: schools and many offices break, domestic travellers pour into hill stations, heritage towns and resorts, and hotels charge peak rates, often with a New Year's Eve dinner surcharge.92
- Jodhpur 🇮🇳 IndiaChristmas to New Year rush · 22 dic – 2 gen (di solito)The week from Christmas to New Year is India's busiest holiday stretch: schools and many offices break, domestic travellers pour into hill stations, heritage towns and resorts, and hotels charge peak rates, often with a New Year's Eve dinner surcharge.92
- Viña del Mar 🇨🇱 CileNew Year over the bay · 29 dic – 2 genThe fireworks are fired down the whole bay and this side has the flat seafront to watch them from, so the coast road is closed and the hotels sell New Year as a package weeks out.92
- Munnar 🇮🇳 IndiaChristmas to New Year rush · 22 dic – 2 gen (di solito)The week from Christmas to New Year is India's busiest holiday stretch: schools and many offices break, domestic travellers pour into hill stations, heritage towns and resorts, and hotels charge peak rates, often with a New Year's Eve dinner surcharge.91
- Dahab 🇪🇬 EgittoChristmas and New Year peak · 18 dic – 6 gen (di solito)The European diving season peaks over the holidays, when the water is still workable and the town is at its fullest.91
- Madikeri 🇮🇳 IndiaChristmas to New Year rush · 22 dic – 2 gen (di solito)The week from Christmas to New Year is India's busiest holiday stretch: schools and many offices break, domestic travellers pour into hill stations, heritage towns and resorts, and hotels charge peak rates, often with a New Year's Eve dinner surcharge.91
- Naples 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaChristmas and New Year · 24 dic – 1 genChristmas Day and New Year's Day are federal holidays: on 25 December most shops, museums and many restaurants close, and airports stay busy through the week between as families travel.91
- Auckland 🇳🇿 Nuova ZelandaPohutukawa in flower · 25 nov – 10 gen (di solito)The New Zealand Christmas tree flowers red along every stretch of coast and out on the volcanic cones through December.89
- Kauai 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaChristmas and New Year · 24 dic – 1 genChristmas Day and New Year's Day are federal holidays: on 25 December most shops, museums and many restaurants close, and airports stay busy through the week between as families travel.89
- Monteverde 🇨🇷 Costa RicaChristmas and New Year · 18 dic – 3 genFrom Christmas to New Year most Costa Ricans are on holiday and head for the beaches, mountains and parks, so rooms, rental cars and shuttles book up and rates are at their peak.89
- Chiang Rai 🇹🇭 ThailandiaChristmas and New Year peak · 18 dic – 5 genThe weeks around Christmas and New Year are the busiest of the year here for both foreign and Thai visitors: rooms and transport sell out early and rates run at their highest.89
- Taghazout 🇲🇦 MaroccoChristmas and New Year peak · 15 dic – 10 gen (di solito)Northern Europe arrives for a fortnight of waves and sun, the camps sell out and the Anchor Point line-up gets genuinely crowded.89
…e altri 457 in gennaio.
Natale e Capodanno in febbraio
Natale e Capodanno in giugno
Natale e Capodanno in luglio
Natale e Capodanno in agosto
Natale e Capodanno in settembre
- Davao 🇵🇭 FilippineThe Ber months · 1 set – 25 dicCarols in the malls from the first of September and four months of build-up; the last fortnight is when flights into Davao are full and rooms are not to be had.58
- Cebu 🇵🇭 FilippineThe Ber months · 1 set – 25 dic (di solito)Carols start in the malls on the first of September and run for four months, which is longer than anywhere else does it.54
- Manila 🇵🇭 FilippineThe Ber months · 1 set – 25 dic (di solito)Carols in the malls from the first of September and four months of it.45
Natale e Capodanno in ottobre
- Gramado 🇧🇷 BrasileNatal Luz · 20 ott – 20 gen (di solito)The largest Christmas event in the country runs for close to three months: ticketed shows in the amphitheatre, two big parades most nights, and the whole town lit.79
- Torino 🇮🇹 ItaliaLuci d'Artista · 25 ott – 15 gen (di solito)Contemporary artists light the squares and porticoes for the winter, and it is not a Christmas market: the installations stay up long after the holidays and are the reason to walk here at night.78
- Manila 🇵🇭 FilippineThe Ber months · 1 set – 25 dic (di solito)Carols in the malls from the first of September and four months of it.55
- Davao 🇵🇭 FilippineThe Ber months · 1 set – 25 dicCarols in the malls from the first of September and four months of build-up; the last fortnight is when flights into Davao are full and rooms are not to be had.54
- Cebu 🇵🇭 FilippineThe Ber months · 1 set – 25 dic (di solito)Carols start in the malls on the first of September and run for four months, which is longer than anywhere else does it.48
Natale e Capodanno in novembre
- Adelaide 🇦🇺 AustraliaChristmas Pageant · 8–16 nov (di solito)A century-old parade of floats through the centre on a Saturday morning in November.94
- Alicante 🇪🇸 SpagnaNavidad Gigante and the giant Belen · 22 nov – 7 gen (di solito)The city's Christmas programme centres on a monumental nativity scene in Plaza del Ayuntamiento, listed by Guinness, with the square closed to traffic, a fairground and lit streets until Epiphany.89
- Malaga 🇪🇸 SpagnaCalle Larios lights · 25 nov – 6 genThe main street is roofed in lights that run to music several times an evening from late November, and the crowd for it comes from across Andalusia.87
- San Antonio 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaRiver Walk holiday season · 26 nov – 6 gen (di solito)A lit barge parade the Friday after Thanksgiving switches on a hundred thousand lights strung over the water, and they stay until Epiphany.87
- Auckland 🇳🇿 Nuova ZelandaPohutukawa in flower · 25 nov – 10 gen (di solito)The New Zealand Christmas tree flowers red along every stretch of coast and out on the volcanic cones through December.86
- St. Augustine 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaNights of Lights · 21 nov – 31 gen (di solito)Three million white lights go up over the old town from the Saturday before Thanksgiving and stay until late January, which turns a quiet coastal off-season into the busiest weekends of the year.86
- Cadice 🇪🇸 SpagnaZambombas in Jerez · 28 nov – 24 dic (di solito)Jerez, under an hour by train, spends the weeks before Christmas singing flamenco carols around fires in patios, tabancos and brotherhood halls, busiest on December weekends; a protected local tradition rather than a staged show.85
- Curitiba 🇧🇷 BrasileCantata de Natal · 25 nov – 23 dic (di solito)Choirs sing from the windows of the old Palácio Avenida on Rua XV several evenings a week through December, and the street below fills half an hour before.85
- Gramado 🇧🇷 BrasileNatal Luz · 20 ott – 20 gen (di solito)The largest Christmas event in the country runs for close to three months: ticketed shows in the amphitheatre, two big parades most nights, and the whole town lit.85
- Hilton Head Island 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaHarbour Town and Shelter Cove lights · 24 nov – 31 dic (di solito)From Thanksgiving weekend the Harbour Town lighthouse and marina and Shelter Cove are strung with lights, with a tree lighting, holiday concerts, and a New Year's Eve golf-ball drop from the lighthouse.85
- Savannah 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaHoliday season on the squares · 25 nov – 31 dicLights strung through the live oaks, house tours in the old district and mild enough weather to walk it at night.84
- Barcellona 🇪🇸 SpagnaFira de Santa Llúcia · 26 nov – 23 dicThe oldest Christmas market in the city, set up beside the cathedral from the end of November: nativity figures, mistletoe, and the caganer stalls that visitors take a while to understand.83
- La Valletta 🇲🇹 MaltaChristmas in the Capital · 25 nov – 31 dicThe city strings lights along its main streets and runs a month of choirs, a Baby Jesus procession, a craft Christmas village on Merchants Street and, to finish, Malta's biggest New Year's Eve party.82
- Siviglia 🇪🇸 SpagnaFeria del Belen (nativity market) · 8 nov – 23 dic (di solito)Nativity-scene makers set up stalls between the cathedral and the Archivo de Indias in the weeks before Christmas, selling figurines, moss and cork for home belenes.81
- Cascais 🇵🇹 PortogalloCascais Christmas Village · 20 nov – 5 gen (di solito)The Parque Marechal Carmona is given over to a ticketed Christmas village from late November, which is what fills the town on winter weekends when the beach cannot.79
- Atlanta 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaGarden Lights at the Botanical Garden · 14 nov – 10 gen (di solito)Timed-entry light installations through the Botanical Garden in Midtown from mid-November into early January.77
- Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortogalloChristmas in Ponta Delgada · 25 nov – 6 gen (di solito)The Portas da Cidade and Campo de Sao Francisco are lit from late November, with a Christmas market, a giant tree, rides for children and a shop-window contest in early December, through to the New Year.77
- Ajaccio 🇫🇷 FranciaNatali in Aiacciu · 28 nov – 31 dic (di solito)The Christmas market fills Place Foch, Place Campinchi and the harbour quay with chalets of Corsican produce, an ice rink and a parade.77
- Raleigh 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaRaleigh Christmas Parade · 14–27 nov (di solito)Held on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, the state's largest holiday parade takes floats and marching bands through downtown.77
- Marsiglia 🇫🇷 FranciaFoire aux santons · 20 nov – 31 dic (di solito)The santon makers set up on the Cours d'Estienne d'Orves from late November, the oldest fair of its kind in Provence, and the navettes come out of the oven at Saint-Victor alongside it.76
- Gangneung 🇰🇷 Corea del SudGangneung Christmas Winter Festival · 24 nov – 31 gen (di solito)Wolhwa Street and the Anmok Coffee Street cafes light up from a late-November tree-lighting through the new year, with a snow-flower tunnel, a Christmas market and craft workshops on the busiest weekends.76
- Asheville 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaChristmas at Biltmore · 3 nov – 10 genThe house is decorated from early November and the candlelight evening tours sell out first; they are the ones worth having.75
- Charlotte 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSpeedway Christmas lights · 15 nov – 5 gen (di solito)The speedway turns its infield and banking into a drive-through light course from mid-November to early January.75
- Nizza 🇫🇷 FranciaChristmas village and rink · 28 nov – 4 gen (di solito)The gardens between the old town and Place Massena take a market, a big wheel and an outdoor rink for five weeks, in the mildest winter of any city in France.74
- Principato di Monaco 🇲🇨 Principato di MonacoChristmas village on the port · 28 nov – 5 gen (di solito)Chalets, a rink and a small fairground on Port Hercule from the end of November into the first week of January, run by the town hall.74
…e altri 149 in novembre.
Natale e Capodanno in dicembre
- Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaFestive season on the coast · 15 dic – 10 gen (di solito)School and festive holidays send Namibian families from inland to the coast: from mid-December to early January accommodation fills early, rates rise and the beachfront and restaurants are at their busiest.96
- Viña del Mar 🇨🇱 CileNew Year over the bay · 29 dic – 2 genThe fireworks are fired down the whole bay and this side has the flat seafront to watch them from, so the coast road is closed and the hotels sell New Year as a package weeks out.95
- Antigua Guatemala 🇬🇹 GuatemalaChristmas and New Year · 16 dic – 1 genPosadas move house to house from 16 December, and Christmas Eve ends in a wall of firecrackers at midnight rather than a quiet mass.93
- Napier 🇳🇿 Nuova ZelandaChristmas Day closures · 25–26 dicChristmas Day is one of the few days most shops must close by law, and many cafes, restaurants and tours shut too.93
- San Miguel de Allende 🇲🇽 MessicoLas Posadas · 16–24 dicNine nights of candlelit processions between houses, ending with punch and a broken pinata.93
- Melbourne 🇦🇺 AustraliaChristmas and Boxing Day · 24 dic – 1 genChristmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day are public holidays at the start of the long summer break: many shops, cafes and tours close on Christmas Day, Boxing Day sales fill the shopping centres, and much of the country is away on holiday until late January.92
- Città del Messico 🇲🇽 MessicoLas Posadas · 16–24 dicNine nights of neighbourhood processions, punch and broken pinatas before Christmas.92
- Valparaíso 🇨🇱 CileNew Year fireworks over the bay · 29 dic – 2 genThe display is fired from barges across the bay and the hills above the port are the grandstand, which is why every terrace with a view is sold months ahead and the roads out are shut afterwards.92
- Marsa Alam 🇪🇬 EgittoChristmas and New Year peak · 18 dic – 6 gen (di solito)European charter flights land through the holidays and the dive centres run at capacity.92
- Lima 🇵🇪 PerùChristmas and New Year · 20 dic – 2 genMidsummer here.91
- Adelaide 🇦🇺 AustraliaChristmas and Boxing Day · 24 dic – 1 genChristmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day are public holidays at the start of the long summer break: many shops, cafes and tours close on Christmas Day, Boxing Day sales fill the shopping centres, and much of the country is away on holiday until late January.91
- Launceston 🇦🇺 AustraliaChristmas and Boxing Day · 24 dic – 1 genChristmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day are public holidays at the start of the long summer break: many shops, cafes and tours close on Christmas Day, Boxing Day sales fill the shopping centres, and much of the country is away on holiday until late January.91
- Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaChristmas and New Year · 18 dic – 2 genThe year-end fortnight is a peak for Guatemalan and foreign visitors alike: hotels fill and raise rates, shuttles book up, and fireworks go off at midnight on 24 and 31 December.91
- Paihia 🇳🇿 Nuova ZelandaChristmas Day closures · 25–26 dicChristmas Day is one of the few days most shops must close by law, and many cafes, restaurants and tours shut too.91
- Cafayate 🇦🇷 ArgentinaChristmas and New Year · 24 dic – 1 genArgentines celebrate at midnight on 24 and 31 December with family dinners and fireworks.91
- Jaipur 🇮🇳 IndiaChristmas to New Year rush · 22 dic – 2 gen (di solito)The week from Christmas to New Year is India's busiest holiday stretch: schools and many offices break, domestic travellers pour into hill stations, heritage towns and resorts, and hotels charge peak rates, often with a New Year's Eve dinner surcharge.90
- Auckland 🇳🇿 Nuova ZelandaPohutukawa in flower · 25 nov – 10 gen (di solito)The New Zealand Christmas tree flowers red along every stretch of coast and out on the volcanic cones through December.90
- Udaipur 🇮🇳 IndiaChristmas to New Year rush · 22 dic – 2 gen (di solito)The week from Christmas to New Year is India's busiest holiday stretch: schools and many offices break, domestic travellers pour into hill stations, heritage towns and resorts, and hotels charge peak rates, often with a New Year's Eve dinner surcharge.90
- Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaSydney to Hobart finish · 26 dic – 3 genThe leaders reach Constitution Dock about two days out of Sydney and the rest trickle in for a week, into a waterfront food festival that runs through New Year.90
- Dahab 🇪🇬 EgittoChristmas and New Year peak · 18 dic – 6 gen (di solito)The European diving season peaks over the holidays, when the water is still workable and the town is at its fullest.90
- Macao 🇲🇴 MacaoLight Up Macao · 1 dic – 11 gen (di solito)Projections and installations across the old squares and the Taipa houses from early December into January, tied to the handover anniversary on the twentieth.89
- Orlando 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaChristmas and New Year · 20 dic – 2 genThe busiest fortnight of the year anywhere in the resort.89
- Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nuova ZelandaChristmas Day closures · 25–26 dicChristmas Day is one of the few days most shops must close by law, and many cafes, restaurants and tours shut too.89
- Taghazout 🇲🇦 MaroccoChristmas and New Year peak · 15 dic – 10 gen (di solito)Northern Europe arrives for a fortnight of waves and sun, the camps sell out and the Anchor Point line-up gets genuinely crowded.89
- Calcutta 🇮🇳 IndiaPark Street at Christmas · 18 dic – 1 genPark Street is strung with lights and closed to cars on the big nights, and the crowd is the point rather than the shopping.88
…e altri 603 in dicembre.